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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about learning mathematics? - I like mathematics.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy28.4%
2 United States28.1%
3 Australia22.2%
4 United Kingdom21.8%
5 France 19.5%
5 Sweden19.5%
7 Japan15.5%
8 Republic of Korea12.4%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.789917 X +6.032
Correlation coefficient (r)0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 150302.005419 X +16738.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -28.873631 X +88.104
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.705463 X +0.906
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -56.193294 X +23.307
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379